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brento1138
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 Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:49 am Post subject: What Bush should have said |
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I read this, found it interesting, and thought I should share. I highly doubt Bush would ever make a speech like this, perhaps his speech writers should hire this guy...
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My fellow members of the American Legion, I have made some serious mistakes and miscalculations in our struggle against Islamic extremism over the past five years. Some of these were made out of anger and impatience in the months after we were so viciously attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Others were made out of my heartfelt belief that our American values�freedom, democracy, market economics�are the surest path away from the fury and despair that have plagued the nations at the heart of the Islamic world. I still believe deeply in those values.
I am still convinced that we are facing a long-term campaign against Islamic extremists who have the means to bring unimaginable horrors to our streets. But events in Lebanon and Iraq this summer have convinced me that our Freedom Agenda must be modified.
I was going to deliver a speech today in which I said, "The war we fight today is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century." But then I thought about a conversation I had recently with a young U.S. military officer, a combat veteran of the Iraq war who remains on active duty, committed to our mission. "Mr. President," he said. "If this struggle is so important, why is this the only war in American history where we haven't increased the size of the Army and raised taxes to pay for it? Why haven't you mobilized the nation?"
In the speech I planned to deliver, I would have spoken�too easily, too dismissively�about how previous Presidents pursued a mistaken policy of seeking "stability" in the Middle East, which resulted in the terrorist attacks against us. I would have implied that my aggressive promotion of democracy was the only alternative to the failed policies of the past. But that would have posed a false choice. Stability is, after all, our goal for the region. And we have learned, sadly, in recent years that the mere act of holding an election does not create a democracy. Indeed, in many countries of the region�in the Palestinian territories, Iran and, yes, Iraq�elections have brought the forces of instability to power. |
From http://www.time.com/time/columnist/klein/article/0,9565,1531272,00.html?cnn=yes
Mod Edit: Shortened article. please follow the link provided to read the rest of the article. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| ever watch the pilot episode of Scrubs? no matter what JD's resident says, it comes out as "i am a tool. tool, tool, tool, tool, an incredibly annoying tool." |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| i agree with the article, by the way. |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| KWhitehead wrote: |
| ever watch the pilot episode of Scrubs? no matter what JD's resident says, it comes out as "i am a tool. tool, tool, tool, tool, an incredibly annoying tool." |
Haha, scrubs is great stuff. |
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